September 13, 2021 - September 29, 2021
We had the bottom of the boat cleaned last week by a professional diver. This included cleaning all of the marine growth out of the sea cocks, especially the one that is the intake for our air-conditioning system. We had hoped that we would be HPF (high pressure fault) free for the rest of the summer. No such luck - on Monday we had to once again remove the whole intake hose and clean it out by banging it on the dock and forcing water through the hose until a very large glop of stuff flew out. Bob figured it was jelly fish remains with bottom sludge. Always fun spending the afternoon on such a fabulous project!
Bob and I both had doctor’s appointments on Tuesday. I just had to have blood drawn, but Bob saw his primary care doctor to discuss the probable cause of his recent falls. His blood work looked good ruling out a stroke (thank goodness) so the doctor concluded that the worst fall was caused by low blood sugar. Now that we are on a more reasonable diet than Keto his low blood sugar problem will be a thing of the past, hopefully.
Earlier in the summer I agreed to make a formal suit for my youngest child for a special event they will be attending in the fall. They are on a weight loss plan so I wanted to wait as long as possible to complete the suit. Now, it is crunch time and with a kitten and an adult cat around it is difficult for me to get much done. I can’t imagine why they are so fascinated with my measuring tape and paper patterns, AAAAgh!
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| Even with all of Kali's assistance I was able to complete my daughter's suit. |
We have neglected getting Lola used to car rides because she is so resistant to getting in her carrier. Since we are leaving for Mexica, which will entail six to seven days of riding in the car, we decided to get the cats in the car for a short ride. Lola was resistant but we finally got her in the carrier and into the car. Kali actually seems to like her carrier so getting her to the car was easy. Once in the car we opened the carriers and let them out. Lola climbed out and hid under a large bag we had in the car and Kali eventually joined her there. We did a few errands and came back to the boat. I wouldn’t rate the trip as a success, but at least we tried.
One day I thought it was time to start training Kali to walk on a leash. It didn’t go very well, but it was a start.
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| You can see that Kali is very confused about what she is supposed to do. |
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| Lola watched the process closely. She is very protective of her little sister. |
Much of the rest of the days were spent preparing for our trip to Mexico.. Since the cats will have the whole back seat to themselves our space for packing will be very limited. Bob persisted until he was able to order a suitable roof rack and container to hold our clothes and other items we need to take with us. After we installed them we started packing. Packing for six months was difficult for me. Even on a much shorter trip I tend to overpack and with our limited space I had to sort and resort my clothes several times before I reached a point where the clothes would fit in my allotted bag.
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| Looking good! |
Our next big job was packing up all of the items in our dock box and transporting them to storage. That job was exhausting, but it went smoothly.
My daughter continues to send me pictures of my adorable granddaughter, Claire.
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| She's so busy moving her arms and legs. |
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| She can even grab her toy, now! |
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| Such a happy girl! |
I’ve been having pain in my thumbs for several months. After talking to my doctor about the issue she referred me to physical therapy. I started hand therapy this week. I will see the therapist three more times before we leave for Mexico. Hopefully, I will learn enough exercises and techniques to help reduce the pain from those sessions and I can continue the therapy on my own.
My next blog will be about our final preparations for our trip.
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